Moore faces career milestone over revenue sharing funds
Gov Arch Moore weighs a Supreme Court ruling as he resists surrender of about 30 million dollars in federal revenue sharing funds. The dispute centers on signature control, state treasury deposits, and potential criminal liability if funds are mishandled, amid party leadership shifts ahead of 1976 governor plans.
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J. Richard Toren
Charleston
W.va
UPI
Arch Moore
Supreme Court
Kelly
Charles
Moore
West Virginia
Senate
House
High Court
Washington
Rockefeller
Charleston Daily Mail
Labor
James Sprouse
Sprouse
Dillon
Watson
Jay
Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Boyle declines to testify in Pass trial in Yablonski killings
ERIE Pa AP ousted United Mine Workers leader W A Boyle says he will not testify in the Albert Pass murder trial. No request has been made by prosecution or defense. Boyle, who defeated Joseph Yablonski in a disputed 1969 UMW election, remains unavailable for comment from his Alexandria and Washington residences.
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Erie, Pa
United Mine Workers
W.A
Tony
Boyle
Albert Pass
Joseph Yablonski
Planto Cacheris
Alexandria
Cacheris
Washington, D.C
Yablonski
UMW
Arnold Miller
Harold Gondelman
Gondelman
Withnesses
UMW District 19
Middlesboro
Pass
District 19
UMW International Executive Board
Erie County
William J. Prater
Prater
Presbyterians to Unite Virginians Synod Forming near Staunton
Presbyterians from Virginia and West Virginia will formally join forces in a newly structured synod of the Virginians at Ingleside near Staunton on Monday. Dissolution meetings of the two separate state synods will precede the new organization sessions.
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Staunton, Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Ingleside
Presbyterian Church
United States
Roanoke
Massanetta Springs
James A. Payne Jr
Richmond
Montgomery
Abingdon
William A. Benfield
Charleston
W.va
R. Jackson Salder
Beckley
W. Va
Mystery blob puzzles West Virginia amid police probe
In Charleston a sponge-like blob in a yard confounds residents and a state police chemist who could not identify it. The case unfolds as investigators rule out fungi or living matter and seek traces of its origin.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Frankie Smith
Kanick
Jail Drug Probe Could Go To Grand Jury
In Huntington West Virginia police findings say Cabell County Jail drug abuse was widespread. Sheriff Ted Barr reportedly asked Prosecutor L D Egnor to submit the two week undercover report to the county grand jury at month end, with at least one potential indictment implied by sources.
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Huntington
W.va
UPI
Cabell County
Ted Barr
L. D. Egnor
One Suspect Released in Cabell Welfare Robbery Case
Three suspects, including Everett Gordon Carter of Chesapeake Ohio, faced charges after a holdup of John Riley, 54, outside Huntington banks. Carter posted a $25,000 bond and was released, while Richard Allen Hall and David L. Rogers remained jailed. The $10,200 was recovered from the suspects' car.
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Huntington
W.va
UPI
State Welfare Department
Cabell County
Everett Gordon Carter
Chesapeake
Ohio
Richard Allen Hall
David L. Rogers
John Riley
Riley
Byrd questions coal research funding level
Sen. Robert C. Byrd said the proposed $50 million addition to coal research for the next fiscal year is less than a national commitment. The total coal research would reach about $170 million, while nuclear energy would receive $320 million under the plan.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia Democrat
Managing Editor Named for Huntington Papers
John H. McMillan, 42, named executive editor of the Huntington Advertiser and Herald Dispatch by publisher N. S. Hayden. He will take the post July 1 from his current role as managing editor of the Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette.
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Huntington
W.va
UPI
John H. McMillan
Huntington Advertiser and
Herald Dispatch
N. S. Hayden
McMillan
Worcester (Mass
Telegram
Hamilton
N.Y
The
Telegram and Evening Gazette
Hayden
Donald G. Mayne
Advertiser
Donald Hatfield
Snake shot triggers dynamite blast in Alabama
In Grove Hill Alabama an elderly woman 70 fired at a snake nearby causing 340 sticks of dynamite to explode at a home. Victims include Bettie Foster 70 and Terease Carrington 12 killed and Ann Cook 16 critically injured. Husband not at home. dynamite stored in an outbuilding.
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Ann Cook
WV prisoners to get college courses at Alderson
The Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson West Virginia will offer college level courses to inmates after a successful pilot in political science. An introductory psychology course will be taught this summer by WVU extension staff for three college credits.
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Alderson
W.va
Federal Reformatory For Women
West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service
Reformatory
Greenbrier County
WVU
James Jones
Extension Center
George Piercey
Piercy
The
Piercey
Jones
WVU Extension Service
Virginia McLaughlin
Strippers hear plea for study
James L. Wilkinson at The Greenbrier outlines a shift in West Virginia surface mining policy toward technology and research. The West Virginia Applied Research Institute will manage all research projects as 1972 reclamation records show 27 332 acres reclaimed, a national share of 25 percent. Lawson W. Hamilton elected to succeed Wilkinson as president with F B Nutter Lawrence Streets Frank Jennings and G Frederick named officers.
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West Virginia Applied Research Institute
Wilkinson
West Virginia
Lawson W. Hamilton
F.B. Nutter
Lawrence Streets
Frank Jennings
G.B. Frederick
Comstock May Sell Hillbilly Newspaper Next Year
West Virginia Hillbilly publisher Jim Comstock says the paper, known for quirky ads and unserious features, may be sold or given away next year as he plans retirement. He notes a nationwide circulation of about 15 000 and jokes about ink and onion ramp flavors.
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Cleveland
UPI
Jim Comstock
West Virginia Hillbilly
Richwood
W. Va
Hillbilly
Sigma Delta Chia
Kinsey
Comstock
U.S. Post Office Department
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Isidore Adler
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Paul Dr
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Naval Research Laboratory
Donald White
Bell Telephone Laboratory
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Byrd
Kentucky
Chessie System
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George Belcher Jr
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